Functionalized and substituted bis(indolyl)alkanes were synthesized from indoles and dehydroalanine esters in the presence of catalytic amounts of Brønsted acid. When 2- or 4-bulky substituted indoles were used, unusual elimination occurred to yield interesting indolyl acrylates.
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